Last month at the Guild meeting, I picked up a full freezer bag of blue miscellaneous blocks and pieces of 2 1/2" squares for $5.00. The large size freezer bag was really packed in. I sorted out the bag with different piles of blocks and took stock of what I had.
One pile contained four blocks with nine squares in the centre using light blues, surrounded by dark blue squares, making each square 10" finished. I put them together in a four patch layout and added a border to make a NICU quilt. These sizes are great for practicing. In this case the size of the blocks are also great for any number of grid patterns/designs. It's a simple quilt, but doesn't look too bad.
In another pile I had strips of three across squares sewn together. This pile also had different colours and single stirps of squares too. I had enough to make another NICU quilt. I guess I am going to be practicing different grid patterns/designs. I don't mind, because I like the neatness of grid designs.
I still have a large pile of blocks and squares. I will have to get busy. I wonder just how many quilts I will get out of this bag? I enjoy playing with other people's scraps and helping them finish up their UFOs.
It's funny how at is, as I do not have a lack of my own UFOs, but I get more excited working on other people's UFOs instead....lol.
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